Fragmento bíblico en arameo cristiano palestinense procedente de la Qubbat al-Ḫaznah (Damasco): Restitución de lecturas ilegibles y estudio de la versión (1 Sam 7,14–8,4-8)

Juan Pedro Monferrer-Sala

doi:10.3989/sefarad.021-002

Authors

Juan Pedro Monferrer-Sala Universidad de Córdoba https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9979-1890

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3989/sefarad.021-002

Keywords:

Bible translation, Christian Palestinian Aramaic, LXX, Restoration of illegible readings

Abstract

In this article we offer an analysis of fragment XVIIr-v (1 Sam 7:14–8.4-8) belonging to the corpus of biblical texts in Christian Palestinian Aramaic with a twofold aim: firstly, we will show that the version was translated from a Greek text of the LXX family, although the translator also used one or more Syriac versions; secondly, based on the data obtained in the previous analysis, we have adopted a methodological criterion in order to be able to restore the fragmentary text through the restoration of a series of illegible readings exhibited in the present fragment.

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